A/N: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 1

Beep beep beep! Tenten's eyes popped open, "WHAT TIME IS IT?!" she yelled. She looked at her alarm clock. It read 9:00 AM. Tenten screamed. "WHO CHANGED IT?! I HAD IT SET FOR 6 AM!!" She freaked out and got changed as quickly as possible. She dressed into her pink oriental shirt, and black capris. She tied her silky brown hair into two neat buns. It was the first day of school, and she would surely be embarassed when she got to class so late. She slipped her sandals on and sprinted to school.

She opened the classroom door loudly and everyone in the class looked back at her. She was panting heavily and leaning her arm on the door.

"Sorry I'm…"

"Tardiness will not be accepted Tenten. You will be staying after school, picking up trash with the janitor today."

Tenten groaned loudly.

The teacher glared at her.

She looked for a seat among the crowds of students all turning their attentions back to the lesson. The only seat available seemed to be next to Hyuuga Neji.

She wasn't particularly fond of the Hyuuga, but she didn't hate him or anything like that.

Neji watched her slowly sit down next to him. They didn't greet eachother.

Tenten tried to figure out what the lesson was on. She cringed when she saw that they were discussing reproduction.

"So, it is important that you all know how to take care of an infant, especially you young ladies." The teacher explained.

Tenten let out a sigh. No, no, no, I don't want to learn about this, it's not like I don't know how to take care of a stupid kid.

The teacher went on about the topic and gave several lectures. Tenten was not amused. She wanted to go home, it was bad enough that she had to spend her time after school helping the janitor pick up trash.

Suddenly a boy ninja about her age stood up. She had never seen him before, but he was fairly good looking. Was he a new student?

The teacher raised his eyebrow. "Yes Daichi, would you like to say something?"

This boy named Daichi shook his head and started walking. Everyone was wondering what in the world he was doing. He was walking toward…Tenten!

Tenten was confused. What's he doing.

The teacher eyed this boy, giving him a look which was clearly threatening that he would punish him if he tried anything stupid.

Daichi walked over infront of Tenten and just stared at her. Tenten was embarassed now, what is he staring at me for?

"Quit staring at me!" Tenten yelled at him.

Neji glared at Daichi. This guy better not try anything funny with Tenten, or I'll…

The teacher yelled at him, "Get back into your seat now!"

Daichi sat down on half of Tenten's chair and embraced her. He was kissing her like mad. Tenten screamed. She was trying to push him away put she couldn't. Neji clenched his fists. Now he's really gonna get it…

Everyone gasped and the teacher yelled at him to stop. He didn't. The teacher cautiously walked up to Tenten's seat. Before he could do anything, Neji ripped him off of Tenten with his strong arms and held him up by the collar of his shirt.

"Listen, don't ever mess with Tenten again, or you'll really get it."

Daichi glared at Neji, but then nodded. Neji let him go and Daichi walked back to his seat.

The teacher looked dumbfounded, but said to Tenten, "Tenten, you are dismissed from today's lesson. You may go home of you don't feel comfortable."

Tenten was about to cry, she was shaking hard, wrapping her arms around her body. She nodded and ran out of the classroom.

The teacher waited until she left the classroom before he glared menacingly at Daichi, "I'll deal with you after class, Daichi."

Neji was listening to the rest of the lesson but his mind was wondering about Tenten.

Sakura, Tenten's close friend, was also worried about Tenten.

After school was out, the only thing everyone was talking about was the incident that had just occurred. Neji was walking at a brisk pace. He was planning on going to Tenten's house. Sasuke caught up to him.

"Hey, what's the hurry?" Sasuke asked.

"Nothing."

Sasuke smirked, "Going to visit Tenten, huh?"

Neji nodded, as he kept walking.

Sasuke frowned, Neji clearly wasn't in a joking mood. Then again, he's never really in a good mood unless he's around Tenten. Neji was in love with Tenten, but Tenten didn't think too much of him. She didn't know him that well. It was amazing to Sasuke how Tenten never noticed Neji. Neji had many fangirls just like Sasuke, due to their body figures. Tenten however, never seemed to take notice of Neji.

The only reason there was a seat open next to Neji was that Neji had planned it that way. Whenever a fangirl asked him if she could sit next to him, he would ask, "I'd prefer you sit over there," and point to a seat far away from him. All the girls would squeal with delight, hug him, and run over to the seat he wanted them to sit in. Neji purposely did this to save the seat for Tenten when she walked in.

Luckily for him, by the time Tenten walked in, that was the only vacant seat she could choose.

The guys walked silently the rest of the way to Tenten's house. When he got to Tenten's house, he was about to knock on the door, but Hinata opened it before he could lay his fist on the door.

"Shh…try not to be loud, Tenten's in pain," Hinata warned.

Neji and Sasuke looked at eachother. In pain?

"I'm standing here with my Byakugan activated to make sure no one knocks, I just open the door for them," Hinata explained.

"Uh…where's Tenten?" Neji asked.

Hinata didn't smile. She pointed towards the staircase leading to the second floor of her neat, clean house.

Neji and Sasuke looked at eachother and nodded silently. They cautiously walked up the steps towards Tenten's room.

They got to her door and Neji gently pushed the door open. Neji saw Tenten lying in a low, white futon with a thin blanket over her. Tenten was doubled over in pain, and her face was covered in sweat. Sakura was kneeling next to her, wiping her face with an ice cold cloth.

Sakura turned to look at Neji and Sasuke as they entered the room. Sakura had a concerned look on her face. Neji gave her a look, a look that asked her what happened to Tenten. Sakura frowned.

"While no one was looking, he somehow injected some kind of poison into her while he was having his little make out session with her. It's causing her a lot of pain…we've already asked the Fifth to check her out and see what's necessary." Sakura explained.

Neji frowned, "Can I…"

Before Neji could finish his phrase, Sakura answered, "Yeah…but uh…try not to cause her more pain…"

Neji nodded and walked over to Tenten. He sat on the edge of her futon. Neji put his hand on her forehead. She was burning up. Tenten cringed when she felt Neji's cold hand on her forehead. Her eyes opened slightly and she smiled.

"Ne…ji…?" she whispered, but even speaking a little was too much for her to handle. She groaned and clutched her stomach in pain, her eyes squeezed tight.

Neji took her hand in his and she squeezed it.

Tenten started crying. Neji couldn't bear to watch Tenten in pain.

"Neji…" she said in between sobs, "it hurts…so…bad…" Tenten was slowly but surely dying painfully.

Without Neji expecting it, Tenten hugged Neji and wouldn't let go of him. She was crying hard.

"Neji…I don't want to die!" she sobbed. She continued to cry into his shoulder, and she continued to hold onto him.

Neji didn't know how to react to this. The girl that he thought never noticed him, was now clutching onto him and spilling out everything to him. Neji held onto her, but couldn't find the words that would comfort her.

Tenten didn't know why she was doing this either. She didn't have a crush on Neji, and she just thought of him as an acquaintence. But it felt good. It felt good to have Neji hold her in his muscular arms. She felt safe. She felt like nothing could go wrong with Neji by her side.

Tenten continued to hold on to Neji, and she calmed down. She wasn't crying as hard. And slowly, the steady sound of his breathing lulled her to sleep. When Neji noticed she was asleep, he laid her back down on the futon. But her hand was still holding onto his own. She had a firm grasp. She wouldn't let go, so he just left her hand on his.

Sakura smiled at Neji, "You're the first person to calm her down and make her go to sleep."

Neji blushed. What just happened seemed so unrealistic. Was that a dream?

The sound of the door creaking interupted his thoughts. He turned his head to see who it was. It was Tsunade. Neji nodded to greet her, but she saw that Tenten was grasping his hand in a position so that he could not turn around and bow politely. Tsunade nodded back.

"Hinata explained Tenten's situation to me," Tsunade began. She clenched her fists, "When I get my hands on Daichi I'm gonna…" but she refrained herself from saying anymore.

Tsunade took a deep breath and walked over to where Tenten was laying. She kneeled down and checked her whole body for what might be the solution.

A/N: I hope you liked the first chapter! Please review, thanks so much!